REU Site: Chemistry and Biochemistry REU Site to Prepare Students for Graduate School and an Industrial Career

本科生研究经验(REU)网站奖，包括教师研究经验(RET)部分，为十名REU和两名RET参与者提供为期十周的研究培训和专业发展。在这项由化学部支持的计划中，REU和RET的参与者将使用最先进的设备和技术进行个人化学或生物化学研究项目。这些化学和生物化学研究项目集中在与化学和生化行业相关的关键问题上。为REU和RET参与者计划的专业发展活动包括参观化学和生化公司；讨论工业中当前和重大挑战以及在工业中取得成功最重要的技能的讲习班；以及为全国化学会议制作演示文稿。REU和RET参与者将激励下一代科学家，他们将与杨百翰大学面向儿童和青少年的夏季化学和生物化学夏令营合作。该网站的REU和RET参与者将就跨越化学和生物化学的项目进行独立研究，特别是具有工业联系的基础研究项目。预定的项目包括开发用于去除二氧化碳的非均相催化剂，设计微型质谱仪和微米微流控设备，朝着具有假定抗癌活性的目标进行有机合成努力，以及针对新催化剂的建模和设计的计算化学。除了专业发展活动外，这些由杨百翰大学化学和生物化学系推动的项目将为参与者提供解决问题和科学发现的经验，为他们获得高级学位和进入工业化学劳动力做好准备。为了增加STEM劳动力的多样性，本网站的REU招聘将强调来自两年制大学的学生和来自代表性较低的少数群体的学生的参与。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site award, with a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) component, provides ten REU and two RET participants with ten-weeks of research training and professional development. In this program, supported by the Division of Chemistry, REU and RET participants will conduct individual chemistry or biochemistry research projects using state-of-the-art equipment and techniques. These chemistry and biochemistry research projects focus on critical problems related to chemical and biochemical industries. Planned professional development activities for REU and RET participants include visits to chemical and biochemical companies; workshops discussing current and grand challenges in industry and the most important skills to success in industry; and the creation of presentations for a national chemistry conference. Inspiring the next generation of scientists, both REU and RET participants will work with the BYU summer chemistry and biochemistry camps for children and youth.REU and RET participants at this site will conduct independent research on projects spanning chemistry and biochemistry, particularly on fundamental research projects with an industrial connection. Slated projects include the development of heterogeneous catalysts for CO2 removal, the design of miniaturized mass spectrometers and of micrometer microfluidic devices, organic synthesis endeavors toward targets with putative anticancer activity, and computational chemistry directed at the modeling and design of new catalysts. Alongside the professional development activities, these projects, facilitated by BYU Chemistry and Biochemistry faculty, will provide participants with experiences in problem solving and scientific discovery, preparing them to earn advanced degrees and enter the industrial chemistry workforce. To increase the diversity of the STEM workforce, REU recruitment at this site will emphasize participation of students from two-year colleges and those from underrepresented minority groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.